Hinge-fastener.



1. DUGGAN.

HINGE FASTENER.

APPLICAHON FILED sEPT.7,1915.

Patented June 6, 1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Josnrri Dussen, or "rAiNnsvILLn, c1110.

HINGE-FASTENER.

citizen of the United States, residing at l Paine'sville, in the county of Lake and State of Ohio, have invented new and. useful Improvements in Hinge-Fasteners, of which j the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hinge attachi ments and particularly to the means for attachin door hinges to the casing, the 0bjects o the invention being the provision of a fastener thatis simple and inexpensive, that strengthens the hinge, that prevents the sagging of the door, protects thecasing, and that expedites the hanging or removing of the door. i

The present invention is especially serviceable in its application to screen doors which are in use only a portion-of the. year, as the door, equipped with the improved device, can be easily and quickly detached from the casing, the entire hinge remaining attached to the door andl leaving the casing free from unsightly projections, and -proriding equal convenience in reattaching the door in exactly the same position it formerly occupied.

The improvement also provides 'a stop which relieves the strain on the hinge, and can be made adjustable, thereby adapting it to different sizes or types of hinge.

The invention consists in an alinement plate or plates'provided with tongues. and co-acting with bushed screw sockets and a thumb-screw, the sockets registering with the screw holes in the attaching leaf of the hinge, whereby the hinge may be readily at- `tached to or detached from the casing, as

will be clearly understood from the following specification, reference. being had to the accompanying drawings in which similar :characters of reference are employed to designate similar'part-s.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a portion of a door frameand casing with an ordinary hinge yattached thereto with the improved fastener. Fig-2 illustrates the relative position of the door to the casing when the door is completely open, showing certain of the parts in section. Fig. 3 41s a view of a fragment of the Specification of Letters Patent.

.i Patented June e, 191e.

Application filed September 7, 1915. Serial No. 49,1791:

casing, showing two types of screw socket. Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 3, with washer members added. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one form of alinement, plate. Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views of bushings or screw sockets. Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate a washer in plan and edge view, respectively. Fig. 10 is a view in elevation of one butt of a hinge, showing the position of the adjustable fastener. Fig. 11 is a view in direction of arrow in Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a perspective view of one of Vthe adjustable alinement plates.

lAs the principal utility of the present invention consists in the attachment of. a; hinge to the casing, the following description will` manship, thereafter the door may be easilyA and quickly attached to or detached from the casing innumerable times by any one not familiar with the art of door hanging.

In the practical application of the invention, bushing members are set into the casing 4'. A preferred form of bushing 5 has amore or less coarse external thread 6 and a transverse slot 7 in the end thereof, whereby it can be threaded into the casing with a screw-driver.

8 represents a. bushing member provided with a. shank 9 and a iiange 10 which may be attached to the casing by the prongs 11 or by screws 12, both of which may be etnployed or either one or the other eliminated. It will readily be seen that either.form of bushing may be used, as the function is the same. threaded bore 13, and are positioned in the The bushingsl areprovided with a casing with the mouth ofthe bore registerl ing with the eyes 1.4 and lita inthe hinge member 15. While itis only necessary that the bore of one of the bushing members be threaded, Iit is preferable to thread them all lik i ,-bushings, the hole i. fof the Ahinge to and `thereby prevent ica-sing;

vas matter of convenience,

making them interchangeable.

' To enhance the appearance ofthe casing when the bushings?) are used The attachment, memberl or alineinentplatev 18 may be made in one piece as shown Qin Figs. '1, 2,'and 5,- in which case it is made to conform in certain dimensions to a standard type ofhingeil ln the embodiment of' the. invention illustrated, the hinge member l `is provided With two outer. eyes f-l, lfl andA an intermediate eye le?. rhe member y 'lShas-tongues-l) that are adapted to pass through the outer eyes le, 14. and penetrate theboresof tfv'o of the bushings in the casing,thereby alining the hinge with the casing, assuming of course that the bushings are properly located relative to the hinge. A hole provided in the plate member '18, and vwhen the tongues 19 are seated in ythe outer eyes le; and theircorresponding 2O registers with the in termediate eye '14a and vits corresponding bushing bore. A thun'ib-screw 2l4 is 'threaded-'into the' intermediate bushing through the'opening 2Q and completes the fastening the casing. The plate 18 also actsas reinforcement to theattaching i'aiige` l5, 'thereby strengthening' the hinge. When 'the door is opened the head ofJthethiimb-screw, or the Wings 22 thereon con-ie in contact.y With Vthe hinge' member straining or breaking the `hinge or' its connections with the door or It Will readily be. seen that the adjustable fastener illustrated in Figs. l0, ll, and l2 is merely a modification of-'thatabove described7 the casing attachments being identical rand the functions of the other vparts being the saine;` alinement member is in two parts lo, 18a, each of which is provided with a tongue Qa, corresponding in in'ction to the` tongues 19 of the member 18j Slots 20a' in lthe members 18a are the equivalentcf the hole 20 in member 18. lThe plates 18a overlapping and the shank of the tliumb-screw passing through the slots and threaded into the intermediate bushing' in the casing perform the same function `as the' corresponding parts in the non-adjustable device. The two part alinement member provided with 'the slots 20a admits of the adjustment of the fastener to hinges of various sizes, as the plates may be shifted lto accommodate the tongues 19a to different spacings of the eyes in the hinge leaf, and the slots admit the registering of the thumb-screw with the holding socket and its corresponding eye in the leaf.

,Iiithe modicaftion the bushings a lessees lWhile i have shown and described a practical embodiment of my improvement it will be understood that departure from details of construction, design and arrange ment of the several parts may be made Without departing from the nature of the invention, the limitations being goiferned by the scope of the claims and the existing state of the art.

Having noiv described my invention, what l claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent isv i A hinge fastener comprising an alinement member consisting' of one or more plates adapted to be placed on the 'exterior' of the attaching leaf of vided with tongues that pass through said leaf and'penetrate the body to which the hinge is to be attached, an opening in said alinement mei'nber, and a screw which passes through said opening and the attaching leaf and is threaded into said body.

2. hinge fastener comprising an alinement member consisting of one or more plates adapted to be placed on the exterior ofthe attaching leaf of a hingeand pro-A vided with tongues that pass through said leaf and extend into registering bushings in the body to which the hinge is tok be attached, an oening in said alinement member, and a screuT which passes through said vopening and the attaching leaf and is threaded into a bushing in said body.

3. A hinge fastener comprising an ada hinge and lprojustable alinenient member,v said i member consisting of tiro plates adapted to be placed which the hinge is to be attached, a slot in each of said alinement plates, and a screw which passes through said slots and the attaching leaf and is threaded into said body;

4. A hinge fastener comprising an ad` justable aliiicment member, said member consisting of two plates adapted to placed on the exterior of the attaching leaf of a hinge,V each of said plates provided with a slot, and tongues that pass through said leaf, in combination With bushing members in the body to which the hinge is to. be attached, the said tongues extending into said v screw which passes through the slots in the alinement member and through the attaching leaf of the hinge; and anV iii-- ternally threaded bushing in the body,.into which said 'screw is threaded.

iin

d y5. in a hinge fastenertlie combination of screw sockets threaded into the body to which the hinge is to be attach'ed andregistering with holes in the attaching leaf of the hinge; Washers at the mouths of said sockets; an alinenient member .consisting of one or more provided with an opening leaf ofthe hinge and is threaded into one of the screw sockets.

JOSEPH DUGGAN.

Witnesses:

O. C. Bum/IAN, L. F. GRISWOLD. 

